Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a great weekend! I hope everyone was able to get out and enjoy the snow!

Please ensure you are sending your child to school with proper outdoor gear! Students will not be kept inside for recess if they do not have the proper outdoor gear.

100^th Day of School is tomorrow. We will be doing activities related to the number 100! It is also Pancake Tuesday tomorrow. Valentine’s Day Spirit is happening on Wednesday. Please dress up in your Valentine’s Day colours. This upcoming weekend is Family Day, so there will be no school Friday or Monday.

A note from Ms. Helen, our Admissions Coordinator - This is just a friendly reminder that our deadline for re-registration is TODAY! Currently, we have a number of families on wait lists wanting to secure any vacancies that may be available to them once this deadline has passed.  Therefore, in order to ensure that your child has a secured placement for the upcoming academic year (2018-2019), we kindly ask that if you have not already done so, to please complete and return your child’s registration package to their homeroom teacher as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support with St. Jude’s Academy.

**If you have a particular teacher in mind, please do not hesitate to make a request and we will do our best to meet it.**

A note from Ms. Bancud regarding March lunch orders - You are now able to order for March Lunches. The deadline for March lunches is Friday, February 23rd, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for March ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, March 9th, 2018.

This month's special is Pancakes with Cinnamon Apples with a side of syrup that will be available every Friday!

Payment Instructions

• There are two options to pay for lunches. Cash and Freshbooks. 

• Shortly after completing your order, a Freshbooks invoice will be sent to your email.
• It may take one or two days to process your order to Freshbooks, so please be check your email diligently for the invoice.  

• We no longer accept cheque as a method of payment. 

If you have any questions concerning the Lunch Ordering site or Freshbooks, feel free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com

**Our Medieval Times field trip is on Thursday March 1…please avoid ordering hot lunch for that day, as reimbursements will not be given**

A note about Jump Rope for Heart - St. Jude’s Academy is please to be holding a Heart and Stroke Foundation Jump Rope for Heart event on Tuesday, February 20^th, 2018. All money raised will support the Heart and Stroke Foundation in their mission to promote children’s health and fund vital heart and stroke research.

Jump Rope for Heart encourages kids to get active by skipping rope while they collect pledges for heart disease and stroke research. They also learn the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and giving back to their community. This year marks Jump Rope for Heart’s 36^th Anniversary and the Heart and Stroke Foundation is striving to get 1 million kids jumping in close to 4,000 schools across Canada. Let’s be part of it!

We need your help to reach out School fundraising goal of $1000.00.

Please help support your child’s fundraising efforts by registering them online at JumpRopeForHeart.ca and send out donations request emails to friends, family, and colleagues. Online fundraising is the quickest way to reach all of your contacts and online donors receive and automatic tax receipt.

Please visit JumpRopeForHeart.ca and start fundraising today!

Each student was sent home with pledge envelopes if you prefer to collect donations in-person. Please ensure that their pledge envelope is returned on the day of their school’s Jump Event Day.

Thank you in advance for your support.

A note about March Break Camp - Registration forms were sent home back in October. We have had many students sign up since then and especially over the last few days. If you are interested in registering your child for our March Break camp, please send in the completed registration form, along with the $20 one-time non-refundable deposit in order to secure your child's spot (this could be paid in cash or through fresh books). This year there are two options to choose from the first being lunch and two snacks provided or the second being send your own packed lunch and a discounted camp rate! We also have daily rates available. Please contact Ms. Smith @ bsmith@stjudesacademy.com for more details.

**Summer Camp forms have also been sent home!**

Upcoming Dates & Events

Monday, February 12 – Re-registration due

Tuesday, February 13 – Pancake Tuesday & 100^th Day of School

Wednesday, February 14 – Valentine’s Day Spirit

Thursday, February 15 – SJA/TMA Oral Presentation Day

Friday, February 16 – PD Day – No School

 Monday, February 19 – Family Day – No School

Tuesday, February 20 – Jump Rope For Heart event and pledges are due (our SJA goal is $1000.00)

Thursday, February 22 – Anti-bullying Day

Friday, February 23 – March hot lunch orders due – do not order for Thursday, March 1 as it is our field trip!

Tuesday, February 27 – Bake Sale

Wednesday, February 28 – Bake Sale and Casual Day

Thursday, March 8 – Geometry math test

Friday, March 9 – March hot lunch payments due & last day before March Break

MATH:

Today we began our Geometry Unit. We focused on polygons and quadrilaterals. A polygon is a closed figure with 3 or more sides. A quadrilateral is a type of polygon, but a quadrilateral has 4 sides. We also learned that there are 3 types of triangles; an equilateral, isosceles, and scalene. An equilateral triangle has all 3 sides equal. An isosceles triangle has 2 equal sides, and a scalene triangle has no equal sides.

Homework:

-MMS pg 36-37

-Sign and return Decimals math test

-Geometry math test will take place on Thursday, March 8

LANGUAGE:

Today we began our second novel study, ‘A Door In The Wall.’ This book is based in the Medieval Ages and fits nicely with our current UOI. It is about a boy, Robin, who is about to go off to become a knight. His father has left to fight a war and his mother is serving the queen. He is home alone when he catches the plague and finds himself alone, after his servants left. One day, Brother Luke finds him and takes his to a church to nurse him back to health. We also began spelling lesson #20, working with ‘ei’ and ‘I’e words.

Homework:

-Finish spelling lesson #20

-Sign and return speech rubrics and spelling test – wrong words to be written out 10 X

Working on our character descriptions from Chapter 1!

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we talked about crime and punishment. We learned that certain crimes were associated with certain punishments. We also realized how cruel some of the punishments were. For our activity today, we began a wanted poster. On our poster we had to include a picture and name of the person wanted, when the crime happened and where, what type of crime it was, the punishment for the crime, and a reward. We will finish up this activity tomorrow.

Homework:

-Sign and return Religion UOI summative rubric

Working on our wanted posters!

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J